I’ve gotten copies of these newish items from The New Blockaders, but to tell you the truth I haven’t heard
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Paw Music / Troubled Elephants
Generic City (TWO ACORNS 2A01) is a collaboration between the Japanese artiste Yui Onodera and Celer, a project which envelops
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Fine album by Trawler Bycatch, a rubberised trio of greasy hotheads from Portland Oregon. Schlep’m (PORTER RECORDS PRCD-4050) exhibits the
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Natura Naturans (CARRIER 005) is a splendid piece of creaky acoustic music from the duo of Architeuthis Walks On Land,
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Here’s a spoken-word curio which showcases the poetry of Zbigniew Herbert, who I learn was one of Poland’s foremost post-war
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Sixth A-Chronology (SUB ROSA SR290) is remarkably the sixth volume in a series of compilations called An Anthology of Noise
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Cellist Erik Friedlander has turned in some fine examples of contemporary small-group jazz in recent years. 50 Miniatures for Improvising
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Super Relaxed (SECOND LAYER RECORDS SLR009) is a recent release on Second Layer Records, a collaboration between Japanese noise fiend
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PAS is the acronym for Post-Abortion Stress, not an especially savoury name for your band, but Robert L. Pepper and
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MRI (EVEREST RECORDS ER CD 043) is a nifty piece of process-electronica produced by Patricia Bosshard and Simon Grab. All
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